A NACIONALIDADE IMPORTA? UM OLHAR PARA A CORTE INTERAMERICANA DE DIREITOS HUMANOS

Paulo César Rebouças Torquato Filho; Ulisses Levy Silvério dos Reis

doi:10.14210/rdp.v20n1.p177-201

Authors

Paulo César Rebouças Torquato Filho Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido - RN https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2817-4622
Ulisses Levy Silvério dos Reis Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido (UFERSA) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1476-416X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/rdp.v20n1.p177-201

Keywords:

Nationality, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Judicial behavior

Abstract

Contextualization: This study investigates the impact of the nationality of judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) on decision-making in cases of human rights violations involving States under its jurisdiction. The central interest is to understand whether extralegal factors, such as nationality, influence judicial behavior within the IACtHR.

Objectives: To outline the decision-making profile of the IACtHR considering the nationality of its judges and to assess the relevance of this factor in the decisions rendered, testing the hypothesis that nationality influences decisions when the judge's home country is involved in the case.

Methodology: The research used a database containing judges' votes in cases decided by the IACtHR. A logistic regression technique was applied to test the hypothesis. The study is structured into four sections: literature review on the topic, analysis of the selection process of IACtHR judges, presentation of the database and methodology, and discussion of the results.

Results: The results show that nationality is a determining extralegal factor in decision-making when the judge's home country is the defendant. A significant negative correlation was observed between condemnatory votes and the existence of a nationality link between the judge and the defendant State.

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Author Biographies

Paulo César Rebouças Torquato Filho, Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido - RN

Bacharel em Direito pela Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido (UFERSA). Mestrado em Direito pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito (PPGD/UFERSA). Membro do grupo de pesquisa Laborátorio de Métodos Quantitativos em Direito (MQD-Lab).

Ulisses Levy Silvério dos Reis, Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido (UFERSA)

Professor Adjunto C-2 do Curso de Bacharelado e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito na Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (Ufersa). Doutor em Direito pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Universidade Federal do Ceará (PPGD/UFC). Realizou estágio pós-doutoral no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (PPGD/UFMG). Diretor do Laboratório de Métodos Quantitativos em Direito (MQD-Lab). Contato: ulisseslreis@gmail.com.

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